Chapter 224 The Blood Clan's Counterattack
The land of the Western Continent is completely different from the other two continents.

Normal land is either yellow or black, but the Western Continent is red. And it’s not red in the traditional sense. This is scarlet land, and there is a smell of blood.

In the early years, the Western Continent did not look like this, but was a normal land like the other two continents. However, as the Blood Empire lasted longer, more and more blood clans spread across the continent.

Naturally, these lands have undergone some changes and become what they are today.

Actually, it's normal.

Just as plants grow in a comfortable environment and animals choose to live in a place with abundant food, vampires will naturally choose a suitable place to live.

However, the Western Continent is so large that it is naturally impossible for all land to be suitable for the survival of vampires. At this time, the uniqueness of intelligent creatures is reflected.

The environment can be changed.

Especially for high-level strong people, changing the environment is not difficult.

The vampires feed on blood, but with the number of vampires in the Blood Empire, there is not enough blood of so many creatures for them to eat. So, they can extract blood from blood slaves, but it is not a long-term solution.

We still have to find a way to produce food sustainably, after all, we have to have large quantities of it.

And this is how this piece of land came about. The blood-red land, transformed by high-level vampires, can grow a special plant.

This plant has a lot of juice, which tastes similar to blood and is one of the main foods of ordinary vampires.

Not only does the Blood Empire do this, the Eternal Night Empire does the same. After hundreds of years of uninterrupted transformation, they have transformed the Eastern Continent into an environment suitable for the survival of dark creatures.

The Western Continent, from far to near, from the edge to the center of the continent, the deeper you go, the more prosperous the cities become.

In the Blood Empire, the blood clan also has class divisions, and they are much stricter than those in the Eternal Night Empire.

Blood slaves, ordinary vampires, and high-level vampires.

In a sense, when vampires are born, their status for life is already fixed.

Because the vampires are divided into classes based on the level of their bloodline, and unless something unexpected happens, the level of their bloodline will not change. It will be the same as it is when they are born, and it will not change throughout their lives.

Duke, Marquis, Earl, Viscount and Baron, these are the bloodline levels of the high-level vampires.

The higher the bloodline level, the better the talent, and the higher the growth limit.

Therefore, there is no such thing as a situation where vampires with lower bloodlines enhance their own strength through practice, resulting in a mismatch between strength and status.

Because there is a limit to the growth of lower bloodlines.

No matter how much you practice, it is impossible to break through the upper limit of your bloodline.

It is also for this reason that, in order to maintain the purity of blood, a large number of clans appeared in the Blood Empire, and these clans were established according to the level of blood.

Large clans can only intermarry with large clans. This is an unspoken rule that all vampires in the Blood Empire accept as true.

It is this rule that blocks the path to advancement for most vampires.

……

Inside the Blood Palace.

All the elders gathered together, all of them looked grim, and the atmosphere was extremely depressing.

The hall was so quiet that even the sound of breathing could be heard. These important figures, whose words could decide the life and death of thousands of people on a normal day, were now like primary school students, silent and waiting to be scolded with their heads down.

"Tell me what's going on. Why did we lose hundreds of cities in just a few days? The empire has so many resources, but it can only support such a bunch of useless people?!"

"Where did those sea creatures come from? There are millions of them! Why haven't we received any news? Is this what you told me, that there is no worry on the sea?"

"Are our intelligence organizations and spies in the northern continent all blind? The Eternal Night Empire mobilized its troops on such a large scale, but you didn't notice anything at all. You didn't know what was happening until the enemy attacked. What's the point of the empire keeping you!"

"I'm not asking you to find out any confidential information, but the army is deployed with such a big movement, can't you even see this?"

On the throne, the young Blood Emperor could no longer maintain his expression. He looked at the ministers and elders below and roared angrily:
"Useless, useless, all useless! Not a single useful thing. It would be better to raise a few bloodhounds than you. At least bloodhounds can sound warnings when they encounter enemies, but you don't even know what happened until the enemy breaks in!"

In just a few days, the Blood Empire, which was known as one of the two dominant forces in this plane, the only ruler of the Western Continent, and had millions of troops, actually lost hundreds of cities.

No wonder the emperor was so angry. This was really a slap in their face.

He might have thought in his heart that the Blood Empire could not withstand the attack of the Eternal Night Empire, but he would never have imagined that the army soldiers he had spent a lot of resources to train could not even hold out for a few days and were directly defeated.

Faced with the Bloody Emperor's rebuke, the ministers and elders below did not dare to refute and could only bow their heads and accept the scolding. There was nothing they could do, the battle situation was really too bad.

Some time ago, they were still boasting about how well the defenses of the Western Continent were built. Even if the army of the Eternal Night Empire pressed forward or gods descended to earth, they would be able to hold out until reinforcements arrived.

As a result, within a few days, his face was swollen.

Hundreds of cities, even if there are several main cities among them, are actually nothing to the Blood Empire, which has a strong financial foundation and owns the entire continent.

Although the Blood Empire has lost hundreds of thousands of vampire warriors in the past few days, and even two demigods have fallen, their main force is still there. As long as they can regroup, these cities can be recaptured.

But the performance on this battlefield is really bad.

After the emperor above finished cursing, an old elder stood up and said, "Your Majesty, it's too late to say anything. The Eternal Night Army has marched straight into the empire and ravaged the empire. Our primary goal now should be to curb their attack. We can't let them go on like this."

The young emperor sat back on the throne, looking at the elder with extremely cold eyes.
"Do you have any idea?"

"Gather the elite troops and recapture some of the coastal cities first to boost the morale of the people of the empire. These days, the Eternal Night Army has been advancing straight in and no one can stop it. The people of the empire are very panicked."

The elder said softly:

"According to intelligence from the front, the number of troops invading from the Eternal Night Empire is as high as 300,000. If we fight on the plains, it will be difficult to defeat them given the strength of the Eternal Night Legion. I think it would be best to use the city's defense to wear down their spirit first."

"In addition, we also need to find out as soon as possible how the Eternal Night Empire was able to send such a large army here without making any noise. I think there must be some hidden story behind it..."

As someone spoke up, other elders also expressed their thoughts and opinions.

The entire palace became lively again.

Listening to everyone's discussion, the young emperor was still angry, but at least he was listening.

"Just do it."

The young emperor quickly selected the proposals that he thought were reasonable, "Kasai, you will be the commander of the front line this time. I don't ask you to defeat the opponent, but you must at least hold on for a few months."

"Yes, Your Majesty." The young commander knelt on one knee and shouted loudly.

"Now that things have come to this, it is time for you to make your contributions." The young emperor nodded, and then turned his gaze to the other ministers.
"I don't care what grudges you had before. If you don't want to be destroyed together, then give something. Those who have money can give money, and those who have strength can give strength. The empire needs you..."

Although he had dealt with these clans more than once before, the accumulation of thousands of years was no joke. To be frank, the resources produced by the land alone were enough for them to accumulate terrifying wealth over the years.

"As it should be."

There were some slight changes among the ministers and elders, but they soon reached a consensus.

After all, the fate of the Hundred Nations Alliance is there. If they don’t want to follow in its footsteps, then it’s time to make an effort.

To put it bluntly, their existence depends entirely on the Blood Empire. Once the empire is destroyed, they will be destroyed as well.

Yes, they don't even have a second choice.

After all, the main race of the Hundred Nations Alliance is the human race. If you can't defeat them, you can surrender and integrate. The main race of the Blood Empire is the vampires. If you choose to surrender, you can only become a subordinate force.

It sounds good to call them affiliated forces, but in fact, it is no different from genocide.

At least that's what they thought, because that's what the Blood Empire did to its conquered subordinate forces.

In order to facilitate management, the civilization heritage of these affiliated forces has been strictly suppressed and blocked by them.

All the ministers and elders present understood this truth very clearly. Now, contributing was not only helping the empire, but also helping themselves. Therefore, when faced with the Blood Emperor's request, no one refused.

They actively contributed, those who had soldiers sent troops, those who had money contributed money, everyone was trying to save the empire in their own way.

……

A city close to the coastline, the main city of Bilya.

As one of the main coastal cities of the Blood Empire, the transportation and commerce of the main city of Bilya are extremely developed, and its prosperity is even comparable to the main cities in the core area.

In the past, Bilia was known as the Pearl of the Coast.

But that's all in the past tense.

In the previous sea tribe invasion, the main city of Bilya was lost, and this prosperous main city completely became the "nest" of sea tribe monsters.

And now, the blood clan army is reorganizing its army and preparing to retake their own city.

A mixed army of nearly 200,000 vampires surrounded the entire city.

"attack!"

Following the order from the vampire commander, the war broke out again and the vampire warriors launched a charge and attacked the city.

Hundreds of magical cannons that were urgently dispatched opened fire instantly, focusing their energy to strike at the soldiers on top of the city walls, hoping to suppress them and then take the opportunity to attack the city.

"ridiculous!"

The Naga leader sneered, then waved his hand: "Blast them to death for me. It's funny to play magic cannons with us..."

Above the city wall, hundreds of magic cannons were activated, counterattacking in a more violent manner, and the charging vampire warriors were instantly thrown to the ground.

Huge pits were blasted out on the ground, filled with blood and minced meat.

The city did not raise an energy shield because the defense system here had been destroyed in the previous wave of attacks. So when facing the bombardment at this moment, they either had to rely on the city walls blessed with inscriptions to withstand it, or have strong men chop and slash them directly in the air.

The solid city wall, even with the inscriptions on it, was blasted with huge gaps, and dust immediately flew everywhere.

Before the two sides actually fought, many soldiers died.

"Forbidden spell: The blazing sun lasts forever."

Behind the blood clan army, a magic army, led by their commander, cast an extremely terrifying forbidden magic spell, and a second sun appeared in the sky.

The blazing sun emitted a blazing light, and the surrounding air rose rapidly. The damp and cold air that was changed by the sea people immediately became hot.

The sea people have a field advantage in the ocean and are powerful enough to suppress most of their peers, but vice versa, their combat effectiveness on land will be weakened.

They were able to capture the city in one fell swoop, taking advantage of the residual power of the tsunami.

But now that the tide has receded, even if we can use rainfall magic to summon rain, we can only maintain normal combat effectiveness, or even weaken it.

Disturbed by the forbidden spell of light and fire, even the sea warrior who had reached the sixth level of transcendence felt a burning sensation and felt uncomfortable all over.

"Damn..."

The Naga general snorted coldly, a little annoyed, and then mobilized the power of the legion. In an instant, countless huge ice-blue spears shot towards the huge fireball in the sky.

Puff puff--

When the spear was shot into the fireball, it was like putting ice into magma, with clouds of gas coming out and it had no effect at all.

Seeing that the attack had no effect, the Naga leader's face darkened and he sneered, "Since we can't destroy it, let's all suffer together."

He quickly changed his response strategy and stopped attacking Lieyang, but instead changed the surrounding environment.

Soon, dark clouds gathered over the city and heavy rain poured down.

On one side the sun was shining brightly, while on the other side the sky was covered with dark clouds. The strange astronomical phenomenon made the entire battlefield a little extreme.

The air became sticky with alternating hot and cold, as if you were in a sauna, extremely uncomfortable.

The newly recruited blood slave army is already feeling a little dizzy due to their strength.

Seeing that the celestial phenomena could not have much effect, the blood clan army did not hesitate and immediately launched a siege. Countless blood clan warriors took off into the air and leaped towards the city wall.

"kill!"

The Naga warrior thrust his spear straight forward, immediately piercing through the flying vampire warrior.

"Get out of here!"

The blood clan warrior roared, and swung his long sword down with force, splitting the fishman warrior in front of him in half from top to bottom. Then he swept the long sword horizontally, and the two blood slave warriors fell to the ground instantly.

"rise."

As the vampire commander shouted softly, the scarlet power under his feet rolled and rushed towards the city, climbing up along the city wall, and then reinforced and solidified. A slope of about 30 degrees appeared before his eyes, leading directly to the city wall.

"charge!"

(End of this chapter)